This video shows how the 8x8x8 RGB LED Cube was built. 512x PL9823 LEDs were used to make the 8x8x8 LED RGB Cube. It consists of 8 identical segments with 8x8 LEDs. The segments are attached with screws to the base. That means the segments can be removed easily in case of a faulty LED. All electronic components including the power supply are located inside the base. Please check the pinout of your LEDs before making the cube.

00:00 intro
00:04 basic structure
00:11 decoupling capacitor
00:34 solder DATA lines
01:31 solder power lines
02:00 solder segments
03:06 DATA lines to connect rows
03:21 pretest
03:27 paint wires
04:30 cut base parts
04:57 drill holes into base
05:07 wire bracket
05:56 glue base
06:53 mount segments
07:54 segment DATA lines
08:21 wire power supply
09:41 schematic controller
10:06 mount power supply
10:30 mount sheet metal
11:42 remove protection film
11:53 finished LED Cube

Key features:

- 512x PL9823 LEDs (5mm diameter)
- same data protocoll as WS2812 LEDs
- LED pitch 30mm
- steel wire ~40m (0.5mm diameter, horizontal connections)
- steel wire ~13m (0.6mm diameter, vertical connections)
- base dimensions 300x300x63mm
- base material black acrylic glass 3mm
- controller Wemos D1 Mini Pro with ESPixelStick Firmware 4.0
- level shifter 74HCT125 to convert 3.3V logic up to 5V
- animations made with xLights
- SD card slot to play back animations

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LED RGB Cube 8x8x8
   • LED RGB Cube 8x8x8  

Creating a xLights 8x8x8 LED Cube Model
   • Creating a xLights 8x8x8 LED Cube Model  

xLights
https://xlights.org/releases/

xLights model
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/huax24hafb...

xLights Sequence file
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ppxo3f...

xLights fseq file
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/but9gi...

Creating xLights Animations for a 8x8x8 LED Cube
   • Creating xLights Animations for a 8x8...  

ESPixelStick Controller Firmware
https://github.com/forkineye/ESPixelS...

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